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Wednesday, March 28, 2018

I Can Cook Too - Nancy Walker

From Billboard - February 25, 1956: Broadway star comedienne Nancy Walker is as hot as she's ever been right now, what with the sock notices she drew recently for her tour de force performance in the current legit revival of Noel Coward's "Fallen Angels." However, she doesn't register nearly as strongly on records as she does in person, and, consequently, this album's main appeal will be to those who have caught her act and can use their imagination to get more out of the disk. She handles ballads in okay fashion, but is vastly more effective on special material ditties, scoring particularly with "Get Married Shirley," "Irving," "I Can Cook Too" and "Down to the Sea" from her hit revue of last season "Phoenix '55."

I Can Cook Too
Some Other Time
I'm Tired Of Texas
Get Married, Shirley
Down To The Sea
Irving
Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet
Oh, So Nice
The Charade Of The Marionette
A Funny Heart
My Cousin In Milwaukee

The Manic Mark Story

My gospel blog, The Good, Bad & Ugly Gospel Record Barn focuses on Cincinnati, Ohio and Northern Kentucky area artists who recorded on local labels such as Jewel, Rite and Queen City Album.

In general, I will be posting only samples and not entire albums. If I post only an album cover it is because the content is available on CD or by download.

If an artist is still working, I will usually refrain from posting a sample. I do my best to locate information on the artist.

I realize relatives and friends may find posts of people they knew or know. I hope you will be pleased with what you read.

The worst fate for an artist, I believe, is to be completely forgotten. I do not blog many of the albums I find because the recordings fail to share a personal vision or a special energy. Liking or disregarding art is relative to your experience, but I think that it is better to be remembered for something crazy, than for nothing at all.